We have three rooms booked at the Owen G. Glenn Building for the APECS & PEI workshop: OGGB 5, Case Room 2 and Case Room 3 (all on level 0). Both the “Introduction” at the start and the “Discussion” at the end of the workshop are in OGGB 5. The workshop-sessions are held in Case Room 2 and 3 – always two sessions in parallel. The duration of each session is 1.5 hours. Only the morning sessions are held twice. For all afternoon sessions, you have to choose between two sessions at a time.

The goal of this workshop session is to enhance the skills of researchers that value scientific outreach to primary and secondary classrooms. During this 1.5-hour session we will explore the role of scientists in the classroom, share ways to establish working relationships with teachers, and deconstruct and clarify complex research topics into tangible and relevant pieces. This session will be hands-on and discussion based. Each participant will leave with ideas specific to their research field and skills relevant to improving their classroom-based education and outreach efforts.

Social media is a powerful tool used by millions worldwide. This session will investigate how scientists can use social media as an outreach tool to create engaging content on three forms of media - twitter, blogs and podcasts. We will give a practical introduction to this emerging field of science communication while providing practical examples and resources to help you get started communicating your research online.

Think about picking one part of your research to communicate, or giving a brief summarySo that other attendees can see your Twitter handle, please RSVP here: www.bit.ly/apecsrsvpIf you don't have a Twitter account - please consider creating one.If you need assistance with this, please visit www.tweetyourscience.com and/or contact Kimberley Collins for assistance.Collaborative notes and resources will be shared in the following Google Doc – www.bit.ly/apecsdoc

In a world supersaturated with standard media approaches, how can we extend a creative approach to sharing science? In this session, Science Communication lecturer, Jenny Rock, and two of her masters students, Ellen Sima and Lydia McClean, explore some radical perspectives and share some practical experience, on everything from art-science, visualisations, and animations, to creative survey work as a teaching & engagement point. In the second part of the session we will work together to hothouse ideas for your own communication goals. Bring: ideas to hothouse if you’ve got em, a willingness to think outside the box!

Artists and academics Megan Jenkinson and Ruth Watson, both of whom have been to the ice, wish to discuss effective communication using photographic imagery as part of your work. Participants are asked to bring along an example of something they did that they found successful – i.e., effective for their purposes – or conversely, a visual communication disaster. There will be brief presentations from both Megan and Ruth before moving onto workshopping the material brought along. If participants have time to layout their images/contributions inside the case room over the lunch break, up to half an hour before the workshop begins, the presenters would take the opportunity to review those works in advance.

Ten things you should know about effective science communication. The media landscape is changing rapidly and there is more scope than ever for motivated, savvy scientists to have an influence on the way their areas of research are seen by the public. Having a basic understanding of the needs of different media, and being willing to adapt, can make a huge difference in how much impact you will have. In this workshop we will give practical tips from first-hand experience for improving your engagement with media.

There are many ways that we build community and share information within and across disciplines - some more subtle than others. The traditional form, of course, is through conference presentations and peer-review publishing. But how often, really, do you read a paper or attend a conference talk that’s way outside your discipline? What mechanisms exist to bring down some of those barriers and share knowledge more widely? Is it just about our inability to understand - or also partly the responsibility of those doing the telling? More subtle methods for building community involve networking, making a name for yourself through blogs and twitter, and that fine art of leaving a lasting impression… This workshop will explore all these aspects, and more, and see if - collectively - we can put good intention to practice by developing a few strategies to play with during the SCAR conference that follows.

Sira Engelbertz is representing APECS on the Local Organising Committee for the 2014 SCAR OSC and meetings. She is also acting Executive Committee member of APECS Oceania – APECS’s joint Australian and New Zealand national committee. Sira has been involved in various APECS Oceania events in the past including panel discussions, networking and social events. She hold a Master degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Leipzig (Germany) and is currently studying towards her PhD in Antarctic Studies at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand).

I study microbial ecology, limnology and biogeochemistry in icy, cold environments. I have spent three field seasons in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica sampling permanently ice-covered lakes, and will soon visit the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to study subglacial Lake Whillans, which lies 800 meters beneath the ice. I am fascinated with microbial processes and the ecology of terrestrial aquatic and marine systems. I am constantly looking for new ways to form collaborations and to improve networking opportunities for graduate students and other aspiring scientists. I am currently co-chair of the graduate student group, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) at my home institution of Montana State University, and am working on an array of projects that aim to sustain a supportive community for female graduate students. In my spare time, I love to take in the beauty of Montana by hiking and learning to cross-country ski, read, and work on fixing up my tiny house.

Anton Van de Putte is a Marine Biologist with a strong interest in the role of fish in the Southern Ocean Ecosystem. He received his PhD in 2008 for his research on the ecology and evolution of Southern Ocean fish, whit special focus on the mesopelagic lantern fish Electrona antarctica. He has experience in Science Education and Outreach. Currently, he is a science officer for the Belgian SCAR-Marbin and AntaBIF projects that aim to provide free and open access to Antarctic biodiversity data.

Dr Jenny Rock (Dept Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand) lectures in Critical and Creative Thinking in Science Communication with research interests in the aesthetics of science, visual/sensory cognition, and reciprocal interaction between science and society (philosophy and sociology of science). Her biological research expertise is in polar/thermal biology (from environmental & evolutionary physiology to molecular ecology & functional genomics). See some of her prev work for IPY at http://www.ipy.org/index.php?ipy/detail/polar_oceans_and_art/

Polar Educators International (PEI) / Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

Sarah Crowley currently works as an education project manager for the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States in Fairbanks, AK. She manages PolarTREC, a teacher-researcher experience program via a grant from the National Science Foundation. With partners such as UA-Fairbanks, Alaska Geographic and the National Park Service, Sarah develops and implements teacher trainings on climate change and polar science for online platforms and in-­field experiences. Most recently she has worked tirelessly with partners such as APECS to build Polar Educators International; a professional network for those who educate in, for, and about the polar regions.

Through her years teaching environmental education, Sarah developed a passion for polar science and facilitating meaningful nature/science education experiences for her students and other teachers. Her undergraduate work earned her a BA in Geography in 2004, with a minor in Global Studies. In 2010 she received her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction for Science Education and a Graduate Certificate in Education, Environment, and Community from the University of Washington-Seattle.